In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary
school teaches rural women and men -- many
of them illiterate -- to become solar engineers, artisans,
dentists and doctors in their own villages. It's
called the Barefoot College, and its founder, Bunker Roy,
explains how it works.

The Sands' SkyPark stretches
longer than the Eiffel tower laid down or four and a half
A380 Jumbo Jets, with an impressive 12,400 square meters
of space, the Sands Sky- Park can host up to 3900 people.
The gravity-defying cantilever is one of the largest
of its kind in the world. From this privileged observation
deck, hundreds of visitors at a time can feast
their eyes on the unforgett- able panorama view of Singapore.
Click 'HERE' to see eighteen photos and read a fascinating
article about "SkyPark" Marina Bay Sands.

Sung-bong Choi, a 22-year-old
manual worker, knocked the judges' socks off with his amazing
voice on "Korea's Got Talent." But before that,
his story made them (and us) cry - a lot.

"I just want to be like a normal
person," Choi said. He doesn't think he sings very
well, but when he does, he feels like a different person.
You see, Choi was left in an orphanage when he was
3 years old and ran away when he was 5 after being beaten.
He sold gum and energy drinks on the streets of Korea
to survive. "I slept on the stairs or public toilet
for 10 years like a dayfly."

Now Choi hopes to be able to
go to school and continue singing.

After telling his sad yet remarkable
story, he belted out some powerful vocals, and wowed
everyone.

"I just want to give you a hug,"
says one of the judges with tears in her eyes.

He obviously made it through
to the next round, and is being regarded as the next Susan
Boyle.

This is a commercial for the
Thai Military Bank, though you wouldn't know it if their
logo wasn't at the end of the commercial. The video
tells the true documentary-style story of the Panyee youth football
club. In 1986, a group of kids living in Koh Panyee,
a floating town in the south of Thailand without a scrap
of dirt on it, decided they were sick of just watching soccer
on TV - they wanted to play it themselves. They
didn't let the lack of field space stop them, however, and
their youth soccer league went on to become one of Thailand's
most successful. This five minutes film manages to
pack in all the drama that a youth sports movie like the
Mighty Ducks would have to offer, only it's real and it's
a tear-jerker.

A zip bag is a long zip that
when it is unzipped does not look like much, but when you
fasten up the zip, it becomes an object in its own right.
Click 'HERE' to see and learn about zip bags. The third
source is a short advertisement.

According to inside contacts,
the Japanese banking crisis shows no signs of ameliorating.
If anything, it's getting worse.

Following last week's news that
Origami Bank had folded, we are hearing that Sumo Bank has
gone belly up and Bonsai Bank plans to cut back some of its
branches. Karaoke Bank is up for sale and is (you guessed
it!) going for a song.

Meanwhile, shares in Kamikaze
Bank have nose-dived and 500 back-office staff at Karate
Bank got the chop. Analysts report that there is something
fishy going on at Sushi Bank and staff there fear they may
get a raw deal.

TopSubj: Shrimp
For Japanese Water Plant (S254)
From: jerry on 12/11/2001 Yokohoma, Japan city officials
are placing small shrimp and killfish, which are sensitive
to poison, in tanks at four water filtration plants
at points before the water gets distributed. If the shrimp and killfish are
healthy, their electrical emissions will be steady, but
if poisoned this will change and set off an alarm to alert
officials that the water needs further testing. Mainichi Shimbun (Japan) 7-Dec-01

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Sequitur Comic Strip (S856)
By Wiley Miller
on 5/21/2013Source: http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2013/05/21......TopSubj: Innocent
New Delhi Man Spends 14 Years In Jail (S318b)
From: jerry on 3/2/2003 An innocent New Delhi man spent
14 years in prison, even after being declared innocent,
because no one, including his family, bothered to tell
him or jail authorities that he was free to go.

But the nightmare isn't over.
His family doesn't want him because they say he'll be a
financial burden. "Had he completed his education, he
would have got a good job by now. They spoiled his
life."

The Independent (South Africa)
11-Feb-03.

TopSubj: Dilbert
About North Korean Missiles (S849)
By Scott Adams on
4/15/2013 Source: http://dribibu.xs4all.nl/index.php/comics?pic=dilbert20130415.......TopSubj: Children's
Day
From: Joke-Of-The-Day.com on 2/12/99 In India, 14th November is celebrated
as Children's Day (It is dedicated in the memory
of the first Prime Minister who loved children). A
kid was asked "Why 14th November is celebrated as Children's day
?" He replied with a smirk, "Because it is 9 months after
Valentine's Day"..
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